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-JIB.SARGENT. FURNITURE GASTE-R.

No. 105 ,3 74 v Patented July 12, 1870' Noam: Paul: 00 Marmara. wlsmnmou, n. c.

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ream Patent No.- 105,374, dated Jul 12, .1870.

. ".l'hLBohodula referred to these Letter- ?atent and part of the same- Be itknown that I, JOSEPH Bass naax'r, of New Haven,in the county of Ne'wPHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Furniture-Caster; andldo hereby deolarethe follow 1 ing, when taken in connection with the accompanying s ths le te seotreferencemm-keuitheneon,

; "to be'a am; clear,audexaet description-of the same,

and which said drawingscon Ecation, and represent inf-- stitute part of this speci- Figure 1, 'a side view;

Figure 2, a'top' view 'of the-renioved from the socket;

hinder-side riewof the soclcetfand i n -whe el-'and yoke de- Eigure 3, an

This invention relates to: an improvement in that class of casters designed for'heavy furniture, as pianos,

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In moving sueh articles of furniture upon casters as heretofore made, that is, hung upon averticalspindie atone sidefrom the" axis, it is well known that after the furniture hasheenj moved in one direction, a

suifioie'nt force mustbe used iniret-urning the furnitureto turn the castonaround inan opposite direot-iou, and, in doing so, thefurniture is unavoidably ,turned from its course,and greatw *difliculty is experienoed in returning itto the desired or original position. By my invention theseditliculties are entirely overcome; and a a It consists in the construction of the spindle or yoke of the caster hnd socket, so that the caster may be set-in any desired position hence, when the furniture easily returned, the caster always 'iemaining in the position in which it is set. i i

A is the wheel, hung in a yoke, 13, in the usual mau- 11. '.;..1l .e said..yoke heingconst-rnuted with a vsnimil a, or other means, Bywh'ich it may be set into the socket 0, and so that the wheel may be setrelative to 'the socket, in difl'erent positions,- by preference, eight different positions; and this maybe done-By an eight-sided studon the, yoke B, and a corresponding seat in the socket, as seen in fig.-3, or by a stud, d, on the yoke, and a corresponding perforation in the plate of the socket, as seen in fig. 3.

, Bythis oonstructionthe'caStr may be set relative to the furniture, so as to move it directly forward and 'back,-or;-.to'either side and'hack, or upon anangle of forty-fire'degrees and back, always returning in, the same track and to the point fi'mnwhichit wasere moved. 7

I claim as my inventionand combined with projections and recesses, substan tially as described, to set the wheel in di relative positionsr J. B, SARGEH T.

Witnesses A.'-J. Tmm'rs,

J. H; SBUMWAY.

is moved upon theeastepfi-om its position, it maybe I g In thrniture-easters, theyoke and socket constructed 

